Very sad to hear this. I remember seeing his work at Saltaire years ago and being very impressed. A real character, Bradfordian to the core and a worthy Yorkshireman. RIP.
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Yep just seen it, mind he was 89.
Still one of the most underappreciated artists in his own country of birth imo.
Few of his works caught my eye in recent years but then he pops up with something different and you think, OK…
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Not all his art was to my taste but one of his great characteristics was that he never stopped making and also sharing his art. His approach was very non-elitist, and he also embraced modern technology such as iPad art without pretension.
He wanted people not just to see his art but also make art themselves.
Bruce
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Exactly this.
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If you want to investigate further, plus the fabulous Unesco Heritage site of Salts Mill which always has a Hockney exhibition.
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David Hockney was a gifted pure genius. I feel like posting one of his paintings and discussing all the details that every artist and photographer should aspire to achieve.
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Darn. He was a good egg. I have his ‘That’s The Way I See It’ book, which I reread recently. He was always a pioneer of using new technology and his first photocopier in the 80’s cost £30,000!
G
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That’s a real shame, one of my favourite contemporary artists, as people have said above he never stood still and kept innovating. I was amazed at the first IPAD exhibition I went to, I wasn’t expecting to love them as much as I did. Living in West Yorkshire for 20 years I got to see a lot of his work and always found it fascinating and challenging.
I saw a stunning exhibition at LACMA (Los Angeles) in the ‘80s of massive canvases showing road trips through America, then came back to London and enjoyed the small intimate scenes of his friends (Ossie Clark…) in the Tate, hard to believe it was the same artist.
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Said day, been a big fan since I saw his Grand Canyon painting in our National Gallery in Canberra. Loved his simple but striking landscapes of the pass few years.
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Glad I went to see the massive exhibition in Paris last year. A few weeks ago I passed through Beuvron-en-Auge where he used to live.
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I also lugged a huge book of his work all over France and the UK. Instead of buying it just before we left I bought on the first day we arrived. Doh.
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It has been my privilege to have lived in the same decades as one of the finest artists of his generation.
RIP David Hockney
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I went to a retrospective at Tate Britain 10 years ago and was blown away with the verve and energy of his art. There were also a number of recordings of him speaking, including one where he talked about how critics discuss art in complicated terms but that it’s not difficult to understand - you just look at it, carefully. I think about that every time I go to a gallery
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Sad loss. In addition to his art, he was a great bloke to listen to. A visit to Saltaire is a real treat.
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Saw his setting of The Rake’s Progress at Glyndebourne. Wonderful and so memorable.
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About a decade and a half ago the Royal Academy put on a very popular show of Hockney landscapes: A Bigger Picture which I fully intended to visit. Unfortunately, circumstances conspired against me and I missed it. A little while later I happened to be in Bilbao with the best part of a day to kill. By coincidence the Hockney exhibition had transferred to the Guggenheim and some hours of pure pleasure followed before my flight home.
Roger
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I was at Glyndebourne for a revival of the Rake’s Progress and at the end David Hockney came on to the stage. A special moment
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A great artist. A true legend with a wonderful legacy of works which will continue to inspire us. RIP David.
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